Netiquette (was: Need to copy a 200GB directory)

[Joshua Judson Rosen]

On 06/27/2017 10:01 PM, R. Anthony Lomartire wrote:
> OK, my apologies for hijacking this thread, I haven't been on a mailing list in forever but I will apply proper
> etiquette. Can I just ask what you mean by "top post" though?

Not everyone reads or even receives every message, in real time,
in the same order in which you saw or responded. So the custom Greg is
encouraging you to use is to provide a quotation of (the salient parts of)
whatever you're replying to *above your reply* so that the context
of your reply is obvious, even to someone who reads your message
without having seen any other messages in the thread first.

e.g.: some people will find this message as a result of a web-search,
some people just get thousands of e-mails a day and need to prioritize them
using some other system than `by the order in which they were sent';
many people will simply re-read messages at some point in the distant future,
when the memory of `the last thing that was posted before this' has
faded even _if_ it was once clear.

Also: you know how some people think Shakespeare is hard to read?
Try reading all of the dialog *back to front* ;)

"top posting" is "yoda dialog"

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> On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 9:25 PM Greg Rundlett (freephile) <greg at freephile.com <mailto:greg at freephile.com>> wrote:
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>     Hi Anthony! Welcome!
>
>     You can just reply to the list in general, but it doesn't hurt to reply-all
>
>     You should always start a new topic with a new thread ;-). And never top post (unless you're me and using a phone)
>
>     ~ Greg
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>     On Jun 27, 2017 8:00 PM, "R. Anthony Lomartire" <opensourcekeys at gmail.com <mailto:opensourcekeys at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>         Also sorry idk if there is an intro thread or anything, but I've been a lurker for a while this has been my
>         first actual post I think. I don't know if I should reply all or just send my reply to the GNHLUG email address?
>
>         Anyways just quickly, I'm Tony and I'm in ad tech. We use machine learning to help advertisers optimize their
>         ROI. At first I thought it would be lame, but at least it was a job, but gradually I have become more and more
>         interested in ad tech and it is actually kinda cool. Ok so hiii!
>
>         On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 7:55 PM R. Anthony Lomartire <opensourcekeys at gmail.com
>         <mailto:opensourcekeys at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>             No offense or anything but I find it amusing that one of the most active threads on this mailer has been
>             about copying a bit of data :D